Historical review of 100 years in breeding and selection in cattle production in Croatia

Committee Members

Mirjana Baban Vesna Gantner

Granter

Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of OsijekFaculty of agriculture

Lower level organizational units

DEPARTMENT FOR ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

Place

Osijek

State

Croatia

Scientific field, discipline, subdiscipline

BIOTECHNICAL SCIENCESAgronomyAnimal Husbandry

Study programme type

university

Study level

graduate

Study programme

Zootechnique; specializations in: The Nutrition of Domestic Animals, Hunting and Beekeeping, Special Zootechnique

Study specialization

Special Zootechnique

Academic title abbreviation

mag. ing. agr.

Genre

master's thesis

Language

Croatian

Defense date

2014-07-03

Parallel abstract (English)

The first associaton for breeding cattle in Croatia was Croatian association for breeding Simmental cattle in Sv. Ivan Žabno. It was founded on 15.03.1908 year. First significant import of cattle was from Switzerland and Baden. The most important imported breed was Simmental. Imported animals were used for improving production characteristics of local breeds, but they were also bred in pure blood. Union of cattle breeding associations of Croatia and Slavonija was formed on 27.02.1912. with the center in Sv. Ivan Žabno, but it didn´t start with work until 1913., so that is the year which is considered to be a start of breeding and selection of cattle in Croatia. With cintribution of numerous breeders and different associations, important progress was accomplished in the field of cattle breeding over the years. The future of selection in cattle breeding is genom selection founded on discovery of genes that affect specific characteristics.